JESSICA + JOSE STEP INTO THE LIMELIGHT | THE HOTEL ZAMORA | ST. PETERSBURG BEACH, FL

We LOVE what we do and and we really ENJOY our clients!!!!! What looked like was going to be a gray cloudy day turned into a beautiful sunset engagement portrait session. Congratulations Jessica and Jose! You two are a wonderful couple!!!!! Can’t wait for your wedding day!

Jessica is a nurse practitioner and Jose is a retired NYC detective. Two such noble professions, for which we are grateful for their service to our country! Jose was born and raised in NYC and then had family move to Tampa about 15 years ago, and he moved down about three years ago. Jessica was born in Michigan, but has been in Florida since she was three years old.

This precious couple met at a bar in Ybor during the infamous Tampa celebration of Gasparilla. During a graduation party for Jessica, Jose proposed in front of all their friends and family on the rooftop of the new CURRENT hotel, with panoramic views of Tampa Bay. It seemed only suiting to select a location with a view of the ocean for their engagement session as well!

Their home is a house divided in only one way - and that is with sports! It is a Yankees/Rays and Giants/Bucs household! This fun-loving couple have a fun, completive spirit and they also enjoy traveling and the beach.

We began their session at the first boutique hotel to be built in St. Pete Beach in decades, The Hotel Zamora. This white-washed Mediterranean palace offers up breathtaking architecture anchored in a bygone era. Inspired by its namesake Spanish province, the hotel’s striking Romanesque façade is the framework for luxury overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway and the Gulf of Mexico.

Lead Photographers | Natalia Fontes
Location | The Hotel Zamora